Berthold Auerbach (1812–82) was a German-Jewish poet and author. He was the founder of the German “tendency novel”, in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, moral, and religious questions.
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Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
—Berthold Auerbach
Topics: Solitude
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
—Berthold Auerbach
Topics: Music, One liners
What is all our knowledge worth? We do not even know what the weather will be tomorrow.
—Berthold Auerbach
Topics: Knowledge
Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.
—Berthold Auerbach
Topics: Acceptance, Realization, Awareness
He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.
—Berthold Auerbach
Topics: Trust, Confidence
Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.
—Berthold Auerbach
Topics: Luxury
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